Welcome! You have entered [Neutral Grounds] at 1:11 am
[ Kidman ]: Try to always stay in character. (Use parentheses for out-of-character chats.)
[ Scarlet ]: (And I'll come back... later, maybe. Take care, Joe!)
[Neutral Grounds]: Scarlet has left at 1:11 am
[ Ivy ]: How's the tub, Sarah?
[ Joe_Kerr ]: ciao!
[ Carmen ]: Farewell, Mr Kerr.
[ Philo ]: [Neutral Grounds]: Joe_Kerr has left at 1:11 am
[ Kidman ]: Wow! so many people so early!
[ Chase ]: Kidman
[ Philo ]: thinks he'll join Sarah....around deh tub, brings Sarah a refresher beer...
[ Kidman ]: What's doing?
[ Sarah-Nade ]: opens one eye
[ Sarah-Nade ]: Hey Philo... are they done with the math yet?
[ Philo ]: More er less.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: Awesome.
[ Philo ]: I think chase was gunnna ask Kidman for a second...
[ Kidman ]: Eh?
[ Philo ]: gets out of his jumpsuit. He's wearing a tank and a set of black jeans with blue patches.
[ Kidman ]: Hullo?
[ Philo ]: Nevermind kid, if he's not gonna bug you wit' it, you're better off.
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[ Kidman ]: nods
[ Sarah-Nade ]: (brb)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Hullo love. Gmail troubles?
[ Philo ]: it got quiet. Wonderin' if dey just took deh whole thing into priivate.
[ Chase ]: (Sorry, had a call)
[ Kidman ]: (mystery solved)
[ Chase ]: I'm done for now with round 3 of the 0.999~ debate.
[ Carmen ]: contemplates on not being here for round 4.
[ Kidman ]: Eh?
[ Philo ]: We can findsomeone to switch-hit...
[ Kidman ]: is this the ol' 1/3 = .3333 x 3 =? debate?
[ Philo ]: Deh ancient romans used to think dat if everyone thought deh same thoughts they'd reach deh same conclusions, if someone would think about one thing hard enough, he'd come up wit' deh meaning of life.
[ Philo ]: Den socrates said to congress" Are you serious!? Do you even listen to yeh morons when you speak? Secrets of deh universe my eye."
[ Philo ]: He got put to death.
[ Kidman ]: Socrates should have run for it.
[ Kidman ]: ran
[ Carmen ]: Ah, but he paved the way for others.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Mm, today, yes.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: How are you, dear?
[ Philo ]: yep, he was better off as a martyr...if only to get all dem retoricians to shut deir traps!
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Very sleepy and excited for our story.
[ Philo ]: I know another philosophy, dis one is anonymous, it goes: Does one person who has NO IDEA what he's talking about know more, or less, den TWO people who don't know what dey're talking about?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: It's an odd mix.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: You?
[ Philo ]: My answer to dat is, check an internet forum sometime.
[ Philo ]: I'm sehprised dat with all dehm onkeys on all deh typewriters nobody's yet come up wit' deh works of Shakespeare.
[ Chase ]: I'd say they all know about the same... pretty much just hot air.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Sleepy already?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: How long have you been up?
[ Kidman ]: I'm a bit more for the philosophy that "The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one."
[ Philo ]: Unfortunately, dere are none around
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Barely an hour.;-) Such a crapshoot my body is.;-)
[ Carmen ]: I'm sure many years from now, someone would look back at current writing and award it Shakespearian fame.
[ Chase ]: Depends on how much of it gets made into entertainment, I guess.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: Oh come on, lets be honest. Shakespere, for his day, was a soap opera writer
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Have you had breakfast?
[ Carmen ]: Mm, precisely the point.
[ Chase ]: Exactly.
[ Philo ]: But he cotributed deh most to english as a literary language....
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Aye, raisin bran and orange juice.
[ Chase ]: ...
[ Carmen ]: I said that first, mind you.
[ Philo ]: Jus' like Stan Lee contributed to American as a Litteray language.
[ Chase ]: I was about to get to that... comic book characters would probably be the first to reach that kind of poplarity.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: or Seinfeld
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Ah well.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: So how goes it?
[ Chase ]: Comic books... because we repeatedly write and rewrite them... we make movies about them once every 3-5 years... we publish things on them nearly hourly.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: eh, possibly
[ Kidman ]: thinks they should make a comic book about Master.
[ Philo ]: and dey're basically moralityp lays deh same as epic poems
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: It goes well, I've a few more jobs lined up today, rather unexpected.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: and sometimes they're just messed up
[ Sarah-Nade ]: so yeah, Shakespere
[ Carmen ]: Mm, as all epic heroes tend to become, once in a while.
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[ Ivy ]: I think there is a Carmen comic book.
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[ Carmen ]: We even purpetuate the idea that Chase may be like Batman...
[ Kidman ]: That tub is slippery!
[ Chase ]: Yeah, I'm going to hold that one.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: You just hold to that because you like Batman
[ Chase ]: Because that idea never came from me.
[ Chase ]: Hold as in stop.
[ Ivy ]: Why? what's wrong with batman?
[ Chase ]: (I like Batman doesn't mean Chase wants to be Batman.)
[ Chase ]: (Also doesn't mean I want Chase to be like Batman)
[ Chase ]: Never wanted that connection.
[ Kidman ]: Chase is Batman chat deserves, but not the one it needs.
[ Carmen ]: *Laughs*
[ Sarah-Nade ]: If he's a Bale Batman I quit now
[ Kidman ]: Well he is bailing.
[ Philo ]: Fer me nobody fills a pair o' tights like Adam West.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: Bale was an awesome Bruce but his growly Batman doesn't work for me
[ Carmen ]: It's simply a stereotypical hero that makes it easier for us to relate.
[ Chase ]: Nothing's wrong with Batman.
[ Philo ]: All heroism is pointless in a futile temporal existence.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: Nah, Devy's a James Bond
[ Philo ]: Say you caught Carmen tomorrow...then it'd be time to focus on all deh robers, uderers and rapists.
[ Kidman ]: Nice, Philo!
[ Chase ]: We're more focused on murder and rape than we are on Carmen.
[ Chase ]: Until she took the tower, then we had to shift gears temporarily.
[ Kidman ]: learns today that 'Philo' is short for philosophy.
[ Philo ]: Wanna go on record wit' dat statement,PR guy?
[ Sarah-Nade ]: (however if we showed all the 'other stuff' ACME does it'd be a very depressing RP)
[ Chase ]: I wouldn't mind putting that on record.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: (Or it'd turn into CSI Miami)
[ Philo ]: Seriously? you read dat outloud to yourself?
[ Chase ]: (Yeah, agreed... but not CSi Miami... that's the one CSI I can't watch.)
[ Philo ]: .me is laughing...
[ Chase ]: I have conviction, I believe in what I say.
[ Kidman ]: thinks Philo is badass.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: (but isn't that the one with the dude who puts on the glasses while The Who starts playing??)
[ Sarah-Nade ]: (Chase can TOTALLY be that dude!)
[ Ivy ]: (Miami is famous for pizzaz)
[ Philo ]: (and pizza for that matter)
[ Chase ]: (Sarah -- exactly why I hated that show.)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Ah, so busy then.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: (yeah but you prefer gritty crime to cheesy crime)
[ Ivy ]: (But Mac from CSI NY is an ex-marine.)
[ Chase ]: (Miami is cheesy)
[ Philo ]: (Again, pizza)
[ Sarah-Nade ]: (right, hence why you prefer the other CSI)
[ Chase ]: (I only watch Vegas...)
[ Chase ]: (It makes the most sense to me... and I really only have time for a few episodes.)
[ Sarah-Nade ]: (personally I prefer my crime with a little cheese. Its less depressing that way)
[ Ivy ]: (Just like a sandwitch.)
[ Philo ]: (Wasn't there one CSI where it turns out the 'victim' actually just had an elaborate freak accident?)
[ Chase ]: (I don't like cheese... or cake.)
[ Carmen ]: (Or cheese cake?)
[ Sarah-Nade ]: (Don't hate the cake!)
[ Chase ]: (Expecially not cheese cake.)
[ Philo ]: (Check him for a pulse!)
[ Sarah-Nade ]: (nah, he just does not like cake. Its his thing... I on the other hand write my characters eating quite often )
[ Chase ]: (or cookies, ice cream, or pies... wait, I'll tolerate some pies.)
[ Chase ]: (as long as they're not sweet.)
[ Ivy ]: (double cherry pie.)
[ Sarah-Nade ]: (Its black coffee)
[ Philo ]: (I eat just about everything. I have a problem with raw onion.)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Yes. :)
[ Philo ]: (Unless its on a burger)
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[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Ah well, best to be busy than not, yes?
[Neutral Grounds]: E_Mayhem has entered at 1:53 am
[ E_Mayhem ]: (sorry, had to sign into the other account)
[ Philo ]: (Bah you just got nostalgic as soon as ou mentioned your characters eating food.)
[ Ivy ]: Hey E.
[ E_Mayhem ]: Hey Ivy
[ Kidman ]: Orange!
[Neutral Grounds]: Scarlet has entered at 1:56 am
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I say, what rule was it that Roux broke? I asked Storm and he didn't know either.
[ E_Mayhem ]: Orange?
[ Kidman ]: I like your text colour
[ E_Mayhem ]: Ahhh thanks
[ E_Mayhem ]: Someone's got to work with this color
[ Scarlet ]: It's nice to see Inspector Mayhem again.
[ Kidman ]: Awww....you changed it.
[ E_Mayhem ]: Good to see you too, Sophie
[ E_Mayhem ]: (dang, I'm all over the place)
[ Philo ]: Hey May....Hem
[ E_Mayhem ]: (though this one hurts my eyes less)
[ Scarlet ]: (Oh, I do agree with this shade.)
[ E_Mayhem ]: Hey Phil, hows the garage?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Ah, the most precious rule in VILE.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: He found Carmen, when she didn't wish to be found.
[ Chase ]: (people keep randomly calling me... like they need someone to yell at them this evening.)
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[Neutral Grounds]: Sarah-Nade has entered at 2:03 am
[ Sarah-Nade ]: (there we go, back to Sarah)
[ Chase ]: Was E here?
[ Sarah-Nade ]: Possibly?
[ Chase ]: Huh, haven't seen her much recently.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Ah. I always thought that to be "Don't say where Carmen is."
[ Sarah-Nade ]: She's probably busy or some junk
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: We can't trust everyone to be as prudent.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Both rules are similar.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I'm still so surprised that Phillipe would throw Roux such a turn.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: But speaking or her location is more forgivable than seeking her out.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: She's extremely private.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: (speaking of)
[ Ivy ]: You're not avoiding her are you?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Perhaps he needed to.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: As a character, Acton will never be someone like Sarah, Vic, or even Contessa.
[ Chase ]: Me?
[ Chase ]: No. What makes you say that?
[ Ivy ]: You know... after the fight everyone is talking about.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Why not? Did he plan it as such?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Not soon, at any rate.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: Man, no one in ACME knows how to keep their mouths shut, do they?
[ Scarlet ]: They fought?
[ Chase ]: Who's talking about it?
[ Chase ]: I want names.
[ Scarlet ]: Why? Do you want to go fight with them too?
[ Sarah-Nade ]: (and I died laughing)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: There is no 'ranking' in VILE
[ Ivy ]: Hey it's ACME, word spreads.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: But there is a level of trust that goes into some agent who have proven trustworthy.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: (some agents)
[ Scarlet ]: (Sarah, your colour makes me think of strawberry ice cream.)
[ Philo ]: Like wildfire
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: *Laughs* I can't see my own text today.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Quite alright, love.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: (yeah I think its a nice color... sadly I suck at colors so next time I'll probably pick something more purple just by accident)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: VILE works this way: The most experienced agent to fit into a heist will naturally lead the heist.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Trust works both ways.
[ Chase ]: It was a talk, not a fight.
[ Chase ]: Spreading false rumor isn't part of what makes an ACME agent.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: But why write Roux _away_ from Carmen?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: The reason Vic and Sarah are respected by Carmen is because they respect and trust her.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: In turn, she trusts them.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Acton risked trust for something more important: an introduction.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I'm sure he believes that once he has met Carmen, he can build the trust later.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Phillipe was really that desperate?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: As apparent by his behavior, he did not pry or question her in the Mercedes.
[ Ivy ]: No, following leads and gathering intellegence is. It's a detective agency, everyone is naturally curious.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I can't say about the level of his desperation. I only know that this event built his character emmensely.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I find it hard to believe someone is more impatient than I.
[ Chase ]: The only sniffing I'm going to tolerate is from Internal Affairs. Anything not IA is considered being nosy.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Surely you warned him OOC the effect that move would have?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I did.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I handed him my conditions.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: And he accepted all of them.
[ Kidman ]: It's all fun and games until it happens to you, aye?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: ....wow.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I truly am baffled.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Intrigued, but baffled.
[ Chase ]: I don't play games.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: (though something to remember that it would come from 3 students as a source so info would be limited)
[ Kidman ]: Except for when you do.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I always hold on to my conditions. Carmen cannot simply go around being warm and friendly.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Of course! It's only logical.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: There are layers and doors that someone must pass through.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Tests and standards, if you will.
[ Chase ]: Games are for children.
[ Carmen ]: I feel compelled to back Chase up on that statement.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: Good girls go to heaven but bad girls go everywhere
[ Carmen ]: He wouldn't know a game if it hit him square in the jaw.
[ Kidman ]: You play the chat games.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: and uh... you know lather rince repeat
[ Sarah-Nade ]: *rinse
[ Kidman ]: imagines Chase as a crochety old man.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He seems to have sort of the same state with Roux that i have with Kidman, so I'm surprised he would compromise Roux in such a way.
[ Chase ]: (Chat games are different -- they're required here, the games I'm talking about are more related to the RPs.)
[ Kidman ]: (I dunno. Sophie tends to stay out of them more than Chase does.;-))
[ Ivy ]: (He's a team player at heart.)
[ Chase ]: (That's because I have to be a shining example on cohesiveness)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: He built his character very well before joining. I'm sure he knows what he's doing.
[ Kidman ]: (lol)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Hence the 'intrigued'. ;-)
[ Scarlet ]: (Well, since you traded in your armor for a suit, I suppose some part of you must shine.)
[ Chase ]: Right, but otherwise, no games.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He reminds me of the phantom of the opera.
[ Chase ]: What armor?
[ Scarlet ]: Do you not even play with Phoenix?
[ Chase ]: That's not play, that's hunting.
[ Chase ]: Or practice.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: A hidden face, an obsessed, somewhat dangerous nature.
[ Scarlet ]: Oh, indeed.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Ah, yes, I thought that as well.
[ Carmen ]: Where do you often practice?
[ Chase ]: Easy around California... desert, and plenty of road runners.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I sing some pieces of it in choir and I can't help but picture him, singing through his mask.
[ Kidman ]: So...the bird is using ACME to hunt roadrunners?
[ Kidman ]: Sounds rather wiley.
[ Chase ]: I know what reference you're about to make, but it's true.
[ Philo ]: beep beep
[ Chase ]: In Qatar, where Phoenix is from, raptors are used to hunt a flightless bird -- similar to the road runner.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: We've somewhat discussed this.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: And he informs me that his plans to make Carmen immortal would more likely kill her than succeed.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: But he believes that it would succeed.
[ Carmen ]: Phoenix is a Gyr?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: *gasp*
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: This does not please the Kidman.
[ Chase ]: (In the games? I think he's peregrine)
[ Chase ]: (For this particular version of Phoenix, I'm going for a larger, faster Gyr/Saker mix.)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Mm, it doesn't please Carmen either.
[ Kidman ]: (This always pops into my head when we talk about Chase's falcon; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7ZpWFTUz34 )
[ Carmen ]: (I've seen Gyrs in training before. One does feel terribly sorry for the pigeon, but when the raptor charges, its beautiful.)
[ Chase ]: That's right... a chuck of steak and a pigeon -- alive or dead.
[ Carmen ]: Of course, I'm sure alive if the bird already knows how to hunt.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Does he actually plan to try this?
[ Chase ]: Pigeons are only used for Gyrs though... Peregrines get sparrows.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I'm sure he plans.
[ Kidman ]: I thought they hunted pigeons in NYC. It that Grys?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: But I doubt he can.
[Neutral Grounds]: Flag has entered at 2:38 am
[ Chase ]: Peregrines in NYC.
[ Chase ]: They hunt pigeons there, but when you train then, you need to use a smaller bird.
[ Chase ]: *them.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I wonder how Kidman will fair, knowing now of the trust exchange.
[ Chase ]: Flag.
[ Flag ]: Chase.
[ Kidman ]: Hey mate.
[ Carmen ]: Hello Flag, faring well?
[ Scarlet ]: Hello, Flag~
[ Flag ]: nods a vague greeting to everyone.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Kidman will learn, or course.
[ Flag ]: (I'm running on half a brain and a lack of sleep. I'm doing great! X'D )
[ Kidman ]: is jealous of Flag's shiny hair.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: She's not been in a social setting fr a long time, she's easily forgiven.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Awww...Master is benevolent.
[ Chase ]: One of these days, we should play capture the Flag.
[ Chase ]: again.
[ Scarlet ]: (Oh, I emphathise.)
[ Flag ]: Har Har. >:(
[ Kidman ]: lol
[ Scarlet ]: (*empathise. See.)
[ Sarah-Nade ]: (Oh don't worry, someone's going after him soon...)
[ Flag ]: Is that what I get for keeping myself entertained?
[ Kidman ]: I'm sorry, Flag, but that was lol-worthy.
[ Carmen ]: That's somewhat one-sided, someone should also be ACME's flag if we're to play that way.
[ Chase ]: *Thinks* How about... E?
[ Kidman ]: Can we catch Nevon? He's so cute!
[ Chase ]: She's mostly confined to base.
[ Chase ]: I'd offer Nevon, but he's not really high in the ranks.
[ Kidman ]: I promise to feed him and walk him everyday!
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Carmen doesn't shut people out, hence, she gave Acton an assignment at the end of their meeting.
[ Chase ]: Not sure how Nevon would feel about that...
[ Kidman ]: Although I guess it would be cruel to separate him from the other puppies...
[ Chase ]: Now that's just condescending.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Is that a real assignment, or something to be thought up later?
[ Kidman ]: How?
[ Chase ]: Nev can hold his own.
[ Kidman ]: That's not what I meant.
[ Chase ]: He's not so much a puppy... can't verify it, but he probably can.
[ Kidman ]: Puppy by nature.
[ Kidman ]: If I was ACME, I'd be with the puppies.
[ Ivy ]: Puppies?
[ Chase ]: That explains a lot about Kidman.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: http://io9.com/5909865/what-if-the-avengers-and-x+men-had-a-cartoon-in-the-style-of-ren--stimpy?tag=short-films
[ Sarah-Nade ]: (when you get a chance WATCH THAT)
[ Kidman ]: It does?
[ Kidman ]: puppies!
[ Kidman ]: http://www.theseventhstarprojects.com/puppies.JPG
[ Kidman ]: I was once a VILE puppy. But then I took an arrow to the knee...
[ Chase ]: Heh heh
[ Chase ]: What does that make you now?
[ Ivy ]: A town guard?
[ Sarah-Nade ]: Oh come on... If VILE had a puppy like THAT?
[ Kidman ]: Yep.;-)
[ Chase ]: (Doth Lady Ivy play Skyrim?)
[ Sarah-Nade ]: Kiddo, sorry, thats you to a T
[ Kidman ]: Hey!
[ Chase ]: Yeah, I'd agree on that, she still seems like a VILE puppy.
[ Kidman ]: I'm not a THAT.
[ Chase ]: I've seen Carmen pet you on the head.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: You call Carmen MASTER.
[ Kidman ]: ..I'm more of a mutt now.
[ Kidman ]: Puppies are happy, bouncy things.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: sighs
[ Chase ]: Not all puppies.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: If it makes you feel better you're not the first and won't be the last
[ Kidman ]: There are sad puppies?
[ Chase ]: I've seen puppies that do nothing but run to a corner with their tail between their legs and hide.
[ Kidman ]: Do they have cranky puppies?
[ Chase ]: Plenty.
[ Chase ]: Puppies are people too.
[ Kidman ]: Then cranky puppy it is.
[ Scarlet ]: Puppies are people too.
[ Carmen ]: Everybody, Chase: the puppy advocate.
[ Scarlet ]: laughs...
[ Kidman ]: (lulz)
[ Chase ]: Heh
[ Chase ]: (Puppies are my kryptonite)
[ Scarlet ]: (Sarah, considering the title of that short, I'm surprised no one has come out to blame Wanda...)
[ Kidman ]: But still, when I think of puppies, I think of Nev and DA eagerly asking Chase ten billion questions
[ Scarlet ]: (You seem to have quite a bit of that - kryptonite. You should probably stop revealing them.)
[ Chase ]: (Probably. I take that back. Puppies do nothing for me.)
[ Kidman ]: makes note; Chase weaknessess; Crying, sexy women, Master's hat, puppies.
[ Scarlet ]: (That doesn't work that way, Chase...)
[ Carmen ]: (I've already been told about the time you were caught baby-talking to a puppy.)
[ Scarlet ]: (Oh, that was funny!)
[ Chase ]: (Aw, no... who spilled that one?)
[ Scarlet ]: (Mikal...)
[ Flag ]: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5163/5278301210_bb1a5a952b.jpg
[ Scarlet ]: (Or was it Tanya?)
[ Scarlet ]: (I'm going with Tanya.)
[ Carmen ]: (Mm, Mikal for me.)
[ Scarlet ]: (Hehe... I could be wrong - but I remember an animated re-telling and a lot, A LOT of laughter...)
[ Chase ]: (Seriously, Heather -- thanks.)
[ Flag ]: ( That puppy makes everything better! )
[ Carmen ]: (For the record, dear, it's not a weakness. It's natural.)
[ Carmen ]: (It simply tells us you're capable of being a caring father.)
[ Carmen ]: (And not one who would send his baby to a nanny at the drop of a hat.)
[ Kidman ]: (Heck, it's a TV trope! http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PetTheDog )
[ Chase ]: (Then I'll take it.)
[ Chase ]: (Whatever it means)
[ Kidman ]: (Master makes everything better)
[ Chase ]: (Like I'm going to admit that.)
[ Carmen ]: Mm, I think Patty was right.
[ Carmen ]: She told me recently she felt you were more tense than you used to be.
[ Chase ]: Could be the weather.
[ Chase ]: or, you know, wait, I don't have an office anymore.
[ Kidman ]: sits on the floor near Carmen.
[ Carmen ]: Is that your only discrepancy?
[ Chase ]: Discrepancy?
[ Chase ]: There's a 'discrepancy' the size of a 16-storey building.
[ Flag ]: grabs popcorn.
[ Carmen ]: Seventeen, I believe, the dome counts as two.
[ Kidman ]: leans head back against the couch, closes eyes.
[ Chase ]: ...17, sure.
[ Ivy ]: It starts again.
[ Chase ]: Nothing's starting.
[ Carmen ]: Idle banter.
[ Chase ]: Where does everyone find popcorn?
[ Carmen ]: Good observation, I've never had popcorn in here.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: There's some microwave stuff in the kitchen area
[ Kidman ]: I think Joe brings it in.
[ Chase ]: I think he told me.
[ Chase ]: Just never clicked.
[ Ivy ]: it's used especially when Carmen and Chase are in a heated discussion.
[ Ivy ]: That's why you two never see it.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: True
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I wonder how Roux will react to Carmen's wound majickally disappearing.
[ Chase ]: Does that count as blindsiding?
[ Flag ]: Their heated discussions make the popcorn delicious...
[ Ivy ]: (lol)
[ Kidman ]: laughs at Flag
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I don't think we'll meet soon enough for him to note.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: True.
[ Chase ]: Heated what?
[ Chase ]: that doesn't happen.
[ Flag ]: Shall we call it 'flirtings' then?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Is the assigment real?
[ Chase ]: What?
[ Carmen ]: Chase, I don't think I can repeat 'idle banter' and still make it sound believable.
[ Ivy ]: Nope.
[ Chase ]: So, proposal: you steal the pop corn so nobody benefits.
[ Carmen ]: Counter proposal: You stop talking about the tower.
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[ Scarlet ]: tosses a bag of popcorn into the microwave.
[ Chase ]: Can I still have quiet retaliation?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Yes, it should come into play when I need it to.
[ Carmen ]: Your choice.
[ Carmen ]: (Either way, I must leave.)
[ Kidman ]: Night, Master.
[ Carmen ]: (Thank you for this evening's chat, all.)
[ Chase ]: Take care, and thanks.
[ Scarlet ]: (See you, Carmen. :) )
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Night, love.
[ Flag ]: (Later Pru!)
[ Carmen ]: (Please be well.)
[ Ivy ]: Bye Carmen!
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Good night :)
[ Chase ]: Wait.
[ Sarah-Nade ]: (Night Pru)
[ Chase ]: 1 minute.
[ Carmen ]: This had better be important.
[ Chase ]: Or... 0.999~ minute
[ Carmen ]: *Laughs* goodnight.
[Neutral Grounds]: Carmen has left at 3:27 am
[ Chase ]: Heh
[ Kidman ]: I should be off too. See you all later.:-)
[ Chase ]: Bye Kidman.